The public is welcomed to join the General Meeting of the Hawai`i County League of Women Voters on Saturday, January 10th, 2022, from 10 a.m. Guest speaker Dr. Larry Heintz will present on "An Ethicist's Take on the Hawaii County Board of Ethics." The event will be held via Zoom.

Dr. Heintz will discuss topics including:

• Purpose, Structure & Actions (Petitions, Complaints, Advisory Opinions, Penalties)
• The Code, Dramatic Cases & Issues (Mauna Kea Access Road, Failures to Disclose & Recusals)
• The Sunshine Law - a help or a hindrance to good governance?

Dr. Heintz's bio and the meeting agenda are below.

MEETING DETAILS

In compliance with current restrictions, the meeting will be held only by Zoom.

Online Meeting - The Zoom link and other details will be sent closer to the event date. Please be sure to log in and register by 9:45 a.m.

If you are new to Zoom, please be sure to download it ahead of the meeting: https://zoom.us/download . The app is free and can be used on a PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad

REGISTRATION DEADLINE

5 p.m., Thursday, January 13th

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

SPEAKER'S BIO

Dr. Heintz is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawaii at Hilo. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a specialization in Ethical Theory. His dissertation was titled “Duty, Obligation and Moral Responsibility: a Commitment Theory of Obligation”. He taught Philosophy for 37 years in Universities in California, Oregon, & Hawaii. He conducted post-doctoral research in Ethics, Medicine and Law as it relates to issues of Death and Dying for one year each at Oxford University (1986-7), The Frei Universitet in Amsterdam (2001-2) and The University of Auckland in New Zealand (2010). He has published numerous articles in Journals in Philosophy and Health Care.

He served as “Philosopher in Residence” at Hilo Hospital in 1982-3 and founded the Hospital’s Ethics Committee in 1983. He was appointed to the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Living & Dying with Dignity (1996-8). He has served as consulting medical ethicist for 39 years for the State Department of Health and Hawaii Hospital Systems Corporation where he continues today. He was appointed to the Hawaii County Board of Ethics in 2019 by Mayor Harry Kim.

MEETING AGENDA

1.  Call to Order at 10:00 AM  -  Helen Hemmes, President

2.  Roll Call

3.  Reports

          Legislative Report                                                     Susan Dursin

          Program Planning*                                                     

          Recruitment of Volunteers for VOTE411                                        

          State Report                                                             Donna Oba

 4.  Speaker                                                        

          Dr. Larry Heintz, Vice President, Board of Ethics, County of Hawaii

5.  Announcements                                                     

          Board meeting in person and via Zoom follows the General Meeting.  

 6.  Adjournment

Calendar

• February 12, 2022 – State Board Meeting
• April 16, 2022 – Annual Meeting of LWV of Hawai`i County
• May 21, 2022  -  LWV of Hawai`i Council Meeting on Hawai`i Island and State Board Meeting

*Per the Bylaws Amended in 2021, programs were adopted for two years.